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Originally published in 2021 in Great Britain by Quercus Editions LTD.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Carey, C. J., author.

Title: Widowland : a novel / C.J. Carey.

Description: Naperville, Illinois : Sourcebooks Landmark, [2022]

Identifiers: LCCN 2021037045 (print) | LCCN 2021037046 (ebook) | (trade paperback) | (epub)

Subjects: LCSH: Great Britain--History--20th century--Fiction. | LCGFT:

Alternative histories (Fiction) | Novels.

Classification: LCC PR6070.H96 W53 2022 (print) | LCC PR6070.H96 (ebook)

| DDC 823/.914--dc23/eng/20210929

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